LCIA emergency arbitrator provisions limit court’s power to grant freezing injunction in support of arbitration (English Chancery Division) | Practical Law

LCIA emergency arbitrator provisions limit court’s power to grant freezing injunction in support of arbitration (English Chancery Division) | Practical Law

In Gerald Metals SA v The Trustees of the Timis Trust and others [2016] EWHC 2327, the English Commercial Court considered the effect of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) emergency arbitrator provisions on the scope of the court’s jurisdiction under section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

LCIA emergency arbitrator provisions limit court’s power to grant freezing injunction in support of arbitration (English Chancery Division)

by Karen Maxwell (Barrister), 20 Essex Street
Published on 12 Oct 2016 • England, Wales
In Gerald Metals SA v The Trustees of the Timis Trust and others [2016] EWHC 2327, the English Commercial Court considered the effect of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) emergency arbitrator provisions on the scope of the court’s jurisdiction under section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996.